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pastoralism|ˈpɑːstərəlɪz(ə)m, ˈpæs-|
[See -ism.]
Pastoral quality or character; the action or practice of dealing with pastoral or rural life; the pastoral style in literature; a pastoral trait or affectation.
1854Ruskin Lect. Archit. iii. 167 Claude embodies the foolish pastoralism. 1873Masson Drumm. of Hawth. iv. 38 There is something of the same sustained pastoralism, the same poetical tact. 1880V. Lee Stud. Italy iii. 148 The effeminate pastoralisms of the dying seventeenth century. 1959Economist 7 Feb. 489/2 The economy of West Germany today is something very different from the ‘pastoralism’ of the Morgenthau Plan. 1973Nature 28 Sept. 194/2 The human response to the low and highly variable rainfall..is nomadic pastoralism, which is a very functionally adapted form of life. 1974F. Emery Oxfordshire Landscape i. 36 Neolithic settlers..liked to graze their cattle, pigs and sheep in the woods and clearings; together with this strong pastoralism they retained a high degree of skill in hunting and snaring wild animals. 1976Sci. Amer. Sept. 170/2 In traditional agriculture and pastoralism ruminants also represent a means of storing and transporting food supplies. |